Llanwrda railway station

Llanwrda National Rail
Location
Place Llanwrda
Local authority Carmarthenshire
Grid reference SN714310
Operations
Station code LNR
Managed by Arriva Trains Wales
Number of platforms 1
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2012/13 Increase 2,210
2013/14 Decrease 2,066
2014/15 Increase 2,164
2015/16 Decrease 1,788
2016/17 Increase 2,206
History
Key dates Opened 1858 (1858)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Llanwrda from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Llanwrda railway station serves the village of Llanwrda near Llandovery, West Wales. Opened by the Vale of Towy Railway in 1858, the station is on the Heart of Wales Line 38 1⁄4 miles (61.6 km) north east of Swansea. The station is located below street level at the end of a lane opposite the A40 that leads to the centre of the village (just under 1⁄2 mile (0.80 km) away on the other side of the A40).[1]

All trains serving the station are operated by Arriva Trains Wales.

Facilities

Like many of its neighbours, the station has only one active platform, no surviving permanent buildings and is located adjacent to an automatic half barrier level crossing. The barrier sequence is triggered by the train crew (pressing a plunger on the platform) for northbound services, so these are all timetabled to stop here. Southbound services however only call if requested to do so. The station also has the usual collection of amenities common to others on this part of the line (waiting shelter, CIS display, timetable poster board and customer help point) as well as a payphone. Level access is available between the main entrance and platform.[2]

Services

There are four trains a day to Shrewsbury northbound from Monday to Saturday (plus a fifth to Llandovery) and five southbound to Llanelli and Swansea (the first train in each direction doesn't run on Saturdays); two services each way call on Sundays.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Llanwrda railway station (2014) Jaggery; Geograph.org.uk; Retrieved 24 July 2017
  2. ↑ Llanwrda station facilities National Rail Enquiries
  3. ↑ Table 129 National Rail timetable, May 2017

Further reading

  • Organ, John (2008). Mitchell, Vic, ed. Craven Arms to Llandeilo. West Sussex: Middleton Press. figs. 111-113. ISBN 9781906008352. OCLC 648080889.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Llangadog   Arriva Trains Wales
Heart of Wales Line		   Llandovery

Coordinates: 51°57′47″N 3°52′19″W / 51.963°N 3.872°W / 51.963; -3.872


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